great halloween fun!

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i remember




 
~my mother dressing me as the best witch ever (no comments please)... 
~trick or treating till my pillowcase was on the verge of exploding, stopping @ home to dump and heading out to reload
~one halloween where our home was broken into and the burglars fed the doggies my halloween candy to keep them quiet!
~dressing as a really convincing gypsy in my mom's square dancing outfit (WHERE'D that go?)
~constructing and being a pair of dice with my buddy laura...
~letting susan actually talk me into laying in that coffin (anything for a photo op!)
~the infamous incident at roberts halloween party--that i will NEVER seem to live down...


good times... and this year has more good times to add to the halloween memoirs...





CHI '08

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wow whata weekend! it was quite the time with all the 'chi runners'...
so very proud of them for setting out to and accomplishing this goal!
bethany, christa, gabe, hannah, jesse, michael & shalene...
26.2 in scorching heat...each overcoming own battles--of the body & mind but 
definitely not spirit!
now for this lil gurl named shalene...
she was dehydrated & heat exhausted, my heart pulled me to the streets around mile 20...
i hopped in to encourage her and we ended up running the last miles of the race hand-in-hand.
the conditions got the best of 13,000 runners who dropped out (did i mention 89 degrees?)
but shalene pressed on to finish!

if anyone wants to borrow my running outfit...just lmk...
the look of determination...                                                                                                 ...the look of success!

                                                                      of a job well done...






and the look of reward!!


3 years...

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three years ago tonight,
my best friend lay in my arms and slipped into heaven...  
she was:
incredibly patient and kind.  she was never boastful, conceited, or rude.
she was notself-seeking nor easily angered. 
she kept absolutely no record of wrong-doing...
she always protected, trusted, hoped and God knows the woman persevered.
in a word, she was love.

her words are inscribed in my heart...

"...i resolve with all my heart to live just one day.
do my best and then finish the day.
profit by my mistakes.  be tolerant of others and try not to criticize,
just do my own clear duty and leave the results to God. 
be glad of pain if pain be sent.  for out of pain and suffering
grow the beautiful things of life,
if we keep out eyes lifted above the clouds
and look for the 'silver-lining'.
life is only a day quickly passed and gone.  Give All"
ann axelson
1910 - 2005

no wonder i'm not improving...

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my friend said he saw me swimming @ the gym and took a pic of me...

ha!  no wonder i get so exhausted swimming!!!!  really though,
i want to do a tri sprint in the spring...anyone interested?     lmk

happy mail...

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as i emptied my mailbox this afternoon, i remembered again the discussion i had with a friend over coffee yesterday...
what ever happened to good old fashioned
letter writing? 
bills, advertisements, bills, political postcards (some of them HUGE), and yet a few more bills...  it's gotten to the point where if it weren't for my mother,
God bless her soul,
there would be no reason at all for me to make the trip to the curb!
love letters, birthday cards, appreciation letters, i am fine how r u letters, thank you notes, thinking of you cards,
hey i read this article and thought of you envelopes...
plain and silmply entitled:
HAPPY MAIL
my mother has this down to a science.  she is the happy mail queen.
a book of stamps, a page from her devotional (cleverly not-so-hidden meanings)...
all arrive in envelopes that could be framed for their sparkling beauty.  they're the very first that i open--what about you?  
do you open your bills or the envelope that most likely holds a smile inside? 
i'd bet we all go for the smile...
but if no one is sending then who's smiling?
i have a box of letters & notes that have been sent to me over the years.
every once in awhile i lose myself in that box...
what can we tuck away for the future if all we do is email, text & call?
i for one am going to purpose to send a smile out more often...
yup! via snail mail---


Ford's homecoming 2008

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what a great weekend!  jeanette had homecoming and she looked...well u can c!
her friends are spunky and good, her smile is as sweet as her heart...
i guess she will keep dragging me into each stage of her life! 
i remember not wanting her to start kindergarten...

p.s.
i chaperoned the dance and all i can say is times sure have changed!! 
i actually got out early thank God!




isn't she lovely!?!

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today i did my part to stimulate the economy...

it's amazing what a 'lil retail therapy can do for one's day...

'a budget tells us what we can't afford.....but it doesn't stop us from buying it'
thanks you-know-who for the gift ...you made my day!!
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